Inconceivable by Sean and Carolyn Savage: A Medical Mistake, the Baby We Couldn't Keep, and Our Choice to Deliver the Ultimate Gift

Carolyn and Sean Savage had been trying to expand their family for years. They approached an IVF transfer in February 2009, knowing it would be their last. If pregnant, they would celebrate the baby as an answer to their prayers. If they weren’t, they would be grateful for the family they had and leave their fertility struggles behind forever. They never imagined a third option. The pregnancy test was positive, but the clinic had transferred the wrong embryos. Carolyn was pregnant with someone else’s baby.

INCONCEIVABLE: A Medical Mistake, the Baby We Couldn't Keep, and Our Choice to Deliver the Ultimate Gift chronicles the Savages’ heartbreaking decision: terminate the pregnancy, sue for custody, or return the infant to his genetic parents as soon as he’s born. Knowing that Carolyn was carrying another couple’s hope for a baby, the Savages decided to do what they prayed the other family would do for them if the situation were reversed. They decided to give the ultimate gift to a family they didn’t know: the gift of life. How could a mistake of this magnitude happen? INCONCEIVABLE provides an inside look at how modern medicine could produce such a tragic mistake, and also explores the many legal complications that ensued with both the genetic family and the clinic. Included in the final book will be the news-making details on how the embryo mix-up happened, an update from the Savages on Logan’s first birthday, and the conclusion of their legal battle with the clinic that made the mistake. INCONCEIVABLE will be published in the UK on 7th March 2011. Sean and Carolyn Savage are available for interview. Please contact Sophie Liardet on sophie@sophieliardet.com or 01794 389174.